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Tanana

[ tan-uh-nah, -naw ]
/ ˈtæn əˌnɑ, -ˌnɔ /

noun, plural Tan·a·nas, (especially collectively) Tan·a·na for 2.

a river flowing NW from E Alaska to the Yukon River. About 650 miles (1,045 km) long.
a member of a North American Indian people of the Tanana River drainage basin in east-central Alaska.
the Athabaskan language of the Tanana.

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Words nearby Tanana

Tanagra, Tanagra figurine, tanagrine, Tanaina, Tanaka, Tanana, Tananarive, Tanaquil, tanbark, tanbark oak, tanbur
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British Dictionary definitions for Tanana

Tanana
/ (ˈtænənɑː) /

noun

a river in central Alaska, rising in the Wrangell Mountains and flowing northwest to the Yukon River. Length: about 765 km (475 miles)
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